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Original Article
The Prevalence of Antithyroid Autoantibodies in Korean Children.
Bung Hai Ahn, Sei Won Yang, Hyung Ro Moon
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1988;31(3):329-338.   Published online March 31, 1988
The prevalence of antithyroid autoantibodies and the relationship between the presence of autoantibodies and thyroid functions were studied in 752 Korean children of 10 to 15 years of age with normal thyroids. Antimicrosomal antibodies (AMA) were measured by the indirect agglutination technique using artificial gelatin particle carriers sensitized with thyroid microsomal antigen and antithyroglobulin antibodies (ATA) by the tanned red cell hemagglutination technique. Circulating AMA...